The vehicle was financed by INEM, at a cost of 55 thousand euros, but belonged to the Fire Department. The insurance already paid 40 thousand euros the remaining 15 thousand will be supported by the municipality.
It was on 30 July 2021 that an ambulance from the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM), property of the Volunteer Firefighters of Beja (BVB), was completely destroyed following a mishap that occurred on the Municipal Road that connects Salvada to Vale de Rossins, in Beja county.
The vehicle was on its way to respond to an emergency when it left the road., flipped over and turned around, suffering a lot of damage, at the time, a source from the firefighters revealed to Lidador NotĂcias that “it is a vehicle for scrap metal”, which turned out to.
The vehicle was financed by INEM, at a cost of 55 thousand euros, but belonged to the Bejense Fire Brigade and had not yet been put back in the service of the corporation.
Heard by Lidador News, the president of the Board of BVBeja, assured that “a new ambulance has been purchased and is being carted and we are waiting for it to be delivered to us during the month of October. There are major restrictions on the delivery of new vehicles due to lack of component”, justified.
When asked whether the BVBeja had already been reimbursed by the insurance, Rodeia Machado revealed that “we have already received 40 thousand euros, which is insufficient to purchase the new vehicle. The City Council has already committed to share the remaining amount, next to 15 a thousand euros", justified.
Asked about this and other supports, the Mayor of Beja maintained that “when we arrived at the municipality, the value attributed to firefighters was of 90 thousand euros, we reinforced for 100 and now for 120 thousand euros, being a significant effort. We have paid several differential values ​​of several ambulances without reimbursement and we assume that we will reimburse with the ambulance that suffered the accident a year ago, he concluded.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
